On Thursday 09 September 2004 04:08 pm, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 15:41, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > > On Thursday 09 September 2004 03:26 pm, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 15:24, Jan Depner wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 08:38, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 01:15, Steve Harris wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 03:30:33 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > > > > > > What part of California are you from? Must be 'South' > > > > > > > > > California? ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Was there for 3 years. I'm almost over it now! Nth Cali is > > > > > > > > where it's at. Air's not so "chewy". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > R~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > crikey - we're neighbors mate. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > Speaking of which I'm going to LA/Vegas/surrounding area on > > > > > > holiday this year, so if anyone is in that part of the world and > > > > > > wants to go for a beer (or nearest equivalent) I will be happy to > > > > > > oblige. > > > > > > > > > > > > - Steve > > > > > > > > > > Not really close, but should you find your way to the Bay Area then > > > > > the first two stouts are on me. > > > > > > > > There goes the dry cleaning bill ;-) > > > > > > > > Jan > > > > > > Why spend your money on dry cleaning when you can spend it on > > > lubrication? ;-) > > > > Define Lubrication! :P > > > > It IS the bay area after all... > > OK, between Steve and I it certainly means a stout. As for our > _brothers_ here in the Bay Area I'll leave it to them to define their > forms of lubrication, but hopefully not in this thread... Gotchya! As I said...pays to check! :) Mind you, when I did drink...Stout all on its own was a bit "thick". Used to have what they call a portagaff. Equivalent of half stout and half seven up. Back home it was Vic Bitter or Coopers Ale... but that was a long time ago. R~